American Update: The Atlas Explosion! Kent Blake of the Secret Service – More Vintage Cold War Paranoia
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: An offshoot of the crime comics genre, as previously noted, was the Spy Thriller, of which Atlas had several, one of the more notorious being Kent Blake of the Secret Service, a 14-issue run from 1951-1955 in which our square-jawed hero faced off against the ghastly Commie threat. We have five of the series new in stock, ranging from #2 (Hey kids! Drug use issue!) to #13, in grades ranging from PR to FN+. Illustrated is issue #12 FN £32 – cover by Carmine Infantino – which illustrates the gunplay, violence, and emotionally conflicted ladies which typified this series.